Clicking-machine.



F. X. BRODEUR.

CLICKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1910.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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FRANQOiS X. B nonnun, or nynmixrnssncnusnrrs, assienon T UNITED siren MACHINERY COMPANY, orrnrnnson, New JERSEY, A co'nronnrron or NEW- I JERSEY. I

CLICKING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pate t- N 23 1915 Applicationfiled April 18, 1910. Serial No. 558,168.

To all whom. it may concern: a t Y Be it known that I, Francois XQBRODEUR,

a citizen oftheUnited States,residing at Lynn,.1n the county of Essex andiSt-ate of Massachusetts, have invented certain Im-' provements in Clicking-hilachines, of which the following description, in connection with, the accompanying drawings, is aspecihcation, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in theseveral figures. u

Thls invention relates to machinesior cutting outthin sheet material, such, as upper leather for boots and shoes, and particularly to machines of thetype disclosed in United States Letters Patent to Arthur Bates, 921,503, granted May 11, 1909, machines of this type being known tothe trade as click ing machines. c,

The principal use to which the clicking machine is put isto cut out the parts ot boot or shoe uppers and when thus employed the operator usually desires to have within convenient reach severalot the dies which he will be called .upon to use in cutting, up the skin or side of leather in orderthat he may cut up the exposed portions'of the skin 'with the least effort and to the best advantage. It will be i'inderstcod thatincrdting parts of boot andshoe uppers froinaa skin or from a, side of leather care must be taken in the selection of the parts of the skin which are to form the difi erentlparts of the shoe and that while some portionsof the skin are suited fora particularpart of the shoe, adjacent portions of the skin may not be suited for the same part. 'Inorder,

therefore, that the ope 'ator may cut up the stock to the best advantage, it is usually necessary for him to try different dies so that he may avoid defects in the skin and may use up as much as possible of the skin in the region of the injured parts.

In employing clicking machines of the type disclosed in the above-mentioned patent, in which a presser member is arranged to swing about a verticalaxis at one side of the bed into difierent "operative positions over the bed, the operators ,haveusually placed the set of dies which they. are using P upon a table or shelf at one side of the bed. It will be seen, therefore, that when the operator is locating one of these dies upon the portion of the skin adjacent to the side of the machine remote from the table or shelf and that if he finds the part of the skin upon,

which he is operating is more suited for the part of the shoe to be cut by one of the other dies'hewill have to step, toone side in order to reach the desired die and thus will be compelledto' wastebothtimeand energy in cutting up the skin.

Another practice sometimes resorted to to avoid the difficulty just mentioned isto place the other dies upon portions of .the skin which will not-be under the presser member during the pressing operation. This prac- CICGrlS objectionable, however, as it requires frequent rehandling or the dies and there is danger of injuring the stock by inadvertently leaving one ofthe dies within the path of movement 01' the presser member during the pressing operation.

Anobject of this invention is to facilitate the handling of the dies, and thereby increase the capacity of the machine, by pro-' part of the machine-and uponwhich the dies may be placed without danger of injury 7 to their cutting edges.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention is hereinslrown as embodied in a clicking machine of the type disclosed in the above-mentioned patent, and the die support is shown as constituting a part of the presser member of said machine,

being preferably arranged to form an upper face of the platen of said presser member In the accompanying drawing," the-figure is aperspective view of the commercial j clicking machine to which the invention is;-

shown as applied. I V

The machine comprises a. base 2 upon which is supporteda table l for the cutting block 6, said base also carrying an over-'' hanging arm 8 inwhich the vertically rearranged to swing about "the vertical axisciprocating post l bearings, the p ost carrying the presser member 12 which is of the postinto different operative relations to the cutting bed 6' and to reciprocate. with the postto force a die :14 through the stock sides the die 14:, two other dies, 18 and 20,

16 supported upon the cuttingbed.

' are shown in the: drawing, the die let being one of the quarter dies, the die'18jbeing the f other quarterdie and the die20 being'the vamp d1e for a given size of shoe, .As

, above'pointed out, the operator will so lo- 'cate these various dies up'on the stock for the successive cutting operations that the parts of the shoe maybe utilizedl'and that partso'f the stock best suited to' the different the stock may be cutwithout wastei To enable himto have a I convenient reach when'he is placing the :die

14c, so that' if heldesires he may determine in advance of the operation of cutting a blank p 7 with the die 14c whether or not .there will be stock enough to furnish. a blank for one-of ment of the invention,

thejother dies adjacent to the part which is to form the blank for the'die 1. or that he'may determine whether the stock upon which he is about to place thedie ltm'ay not 7 to better advantage form part of a blank out by one of the other dies, the presser member 12 is providedwith a die support- 1 pressing operation is preferably so arranged that a free space is left between the upper surface of the platen 24: and said brace, the brace being preferably. connected to the; presser member at its end remote from the post. To strengthen the brace26 it is providedupon its under sidefor some distance I Copies of this, patent be obtained for the dies. 18" and '20 within Washington; D. G.

from the with a rib 28L A cover 30 is provided for the die supporting table 22 to prevent dullingof the edges of the dies resting upon said table. 7 r 7 Having described my invention,=what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letter s Patent of the United States is:

1. In ,a'machineiof the class described, a

cutting;bed, 'a presser member arranged to swmg over the face of the bed fromrone sideto the other, a support for said 'presser member about the eras of whlch 1t swmgs, a

brace connecting the supportfand approximately theouter end of the presser member leaving substantially the .entire'upper surface ofsaid member uninterrupted, thereby providing a die supporting shelf accessible to the operator from any'position in which he may stand, whatever the position of the,

presser member. 7 a V 2.'In a machine of the class described, a

cutting bed,"a presser member arranged to swing over'tlie .fa ce of said bed from one side to the other about a vertical axis lo- :cated at the rear OI the bed, a post by, which said presser member is supported'and about the axis of which it swings, a brace connecting said post and approximately the end of said member remote from the post leaving substantially the entire upper surface of saidmember uninterrupted, thereby providing a die supporting shelf "accessible fromeither side of said'presser member, said brace being so spaced from said die supporting shelf that the operator may, conveniently reach withhis hands a die wherever located 'upon said shelf.

In testimony whereof I have signed nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. V V r Y nANoors X. snonnun. 'Wit'n essesf r I H. DORSEY SPENCER, EMILE H. TARDIVEL.

five cents eaclnby addressing the Commissioner of latentsv 

